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Politics of the African Diaspora (Ethnic Studies 141 /Govt 141) Ricky K. Green Office: Amador 562A Office Hours M/W 10-11:50 EXT: 8-3359, greenr@csus.edu Course Description: Examines the social, political, cultural, and economic factors which have been important to the African Diaspora. Examines how African people have responded to those factors, both in terms of formal, political thought, and in terms of political movements and political institutions. Examines thought and proactive, comparability to Africa, U.S., Caribbean, Central and South America. 3.0 units Required Reading: Haiti’s Predatory Republic Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil Race Rebels Various readings
in CSUS reserve book room Suggested reading:
The Black Diaspora, Ronald Segal Lecture Subjects and
corresponding Reading Assignments Class Assignments Reading
Assignment Section One: Diaspora, Dispossession and
the Struggle for Black Consciousness Weeks 1-3 *Dynamics of African Dispersal *Negritude *Consciencism *Oldawan: The Ancient Soul *Soul Force 41-93 *Haitian Revolutionary Studies, 5-29 I also want you to
take a look at the website the African American Migration Experience the Url
is listed below inmotionaame.org and can be accessed directly by clicking on
the electronic syllabus on my website. Our concern is only the first section
the transatlantic slave trade. Peruse the short essays in the section. First Quiz Monday
Sept 20th Section Two: Reconstructing Black
Humanity in Haiti Weeks 4-6 *Soul Force 1-39 Haiti’s Predatory Republic, chapters 1-4 Haiti’s Predatory Republic, chapters 5-9 Quiz Wednesday Oct 6th
Section Three: Reconstructing Black
Humanity in Brazil Weeks 7-9 Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil pgs 1-98 Literature Review/Bibliography due Oct 11th Weeks 10-11 Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil pgs 99-215 Quiz Monday Oct 29th
Section Four:
Reconstructing Black Humanity in the United
States Weeks 12 Race Rebels Part I Weeks 13-15 Race Rebels Part II + III Week 15 Review/Final paper prep Grading 3 section quizzes, 10% each Research paper Subject topics due (Sept 20th) Introductrion (methodology), Literature review and bibliography 20% (Oct 11th) Research paper 40 % (due last day of finals) Class attendance/participation 10% Grading Scale:
A=100-93 B=87-84 C=77-74 D=65-60 A-=92-90 B-=83-80 C-=73-70 F=59- B+=89-88 C+=79-78 D+=69-66 Class web site: http://www.csus.edu/indiv/g/greenr/ Black
Diaspora Links http://www.inmotionaame.org/home.cfm http://www.blackelectorate.com/ http://www.uncg.edu/~jpbrewer/remember/ http://blackyouthproject.uchicago.edu/ http://www.inmotionaame.org/home.cfm;jsessionid=f8301842261161090710191?bhcp=1
Students
will need an e-mail account and computer access to the Web. All Sacramento
State students enrolled in one or more units can create a SacLink
account for e-mail. Although a home computer with Internet access running
Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Netscape Navigator would be
beneficial, students can access the Internet from one of the campus student labs.
Check out System
Check and Computer
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